Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun saved his father from Ning King’s counterattack, recovered with Healing Qi, and led his companions toward the stone stele after it opened a passage out of the Hall of Confusion. Nie Yun escaped into the passage, but Ning King and the other demonkin pursued them inside.

• Ning King repelled the ambush and struck Nie Yun when Nie Yun shoved Nie Xiaotian out of danger.
• The Hall of Confusion shook, giving Nie Xiaotian and Nie Yun a chance to flee, and Nie Yun recovered from his wounds with Healing Qi.
• Nie Yun carried Nie Xiaotian and Luo Zhanhao toward the stone stele, where Luo Qingcheng revealed a passage out of the Hall of Confusion.
• Nie Yun sent Luo Zhanhao and Nie Xiaotian into the passage, then slipped inside as Ning King attacked.
• Ning King, Tong King, and the third demonkin dove into the passage after Nie Yun.

Nie Yun guided his companions through the fog and spotted deadly mechanism traps that he could see with Tracking Qi. He set out to lure Ning King and Tong King into the traps, but the demons overheard his apparent gold-brick scheme and cautiously advanced together.

• Nie Yun discovered that Tracking Qi still let him see through the thick fog and recognized the mechanism traps ahead.
• Nie Yun led his companions around the traps, then left to draw Ning King and Tong King toward them.
• Ning King and Tong King vowed to stay together and ignore any gold bars they encountered.
• Nie Yun and an accomplice pretended to lay out another gold-brick lure and discussed how to handle the demons.
• Ning King and Tong King overheard the plan, decided not to fall for it, and moved forward together to capture the humans.

Nie Yun used the tomb’s mechanisms to trap Ning King and Tong King, then led the group to the Luoqu Grand Hall, where a Supreme Imprint blocked the entrance. Luo Qingcheng’s blood activated the seal, and a voice announced that someone had finally arrived.

• Tong King, Ning King, and a demonized man charged between the gold bars and triggered a barrage of arrows that killed the demonized man and wounded the two kings.
• Ning King tried to escape, but he and Tong King triggered a corrosive acid trap and were badly injured.
• Nie Yun revealed himself, mocked the kings, and triggered another mechanism before collecting the gold bars and rejoining Luo Zhanhao and the others.
• Nie Yun led the group onward to the Luoqu Grand Hall, which Luo Zhanhao identified as the tomb’s core, but they found it empty.
• Nie Xiaotian discovered a powerful seal at the entrance, and Nie Yun identified it as a Supreme Imprint that might respond to Luo Qingcheng’s blood.
• Luo Qingcheng dropped her blood onto the seal, shaking the hall and prompting a voice to say that someone had finally come.

Nie Yun and the others entered the Luo Family ancestor’s sealed hall, while Ning King and Tong King were trapped outside and waited to ambush them. Inside, a chessboard appeared and the ancestor revealed that only one of the nine passageways was safe; the other eight contained deadly Killing Arrays.

• A voice-sealing inscription recognized Luoqu’s descendants and opened the seal, allowing Nie Yun and the others to enter before it closed behind them.
• Ning King attacked the seal, but his power could not break it, so he and Tong King decided to wait outside and ambush the group when they emerged.
• Luo Qingcheng worried about the demon men guarding the entrance, but Nie Yun said the treasure would make them strong enough to face their pursuers.
• Nie Yun approached the nine stone pillars, causing a platform bearing an unfinished chess game to rise from the floor.
• The ancestor’s voice explained that turning the pillars opened nine passageways, but eight contained Killing Arrays capable of killing even an early-stage Supreme expert.

Nie Yun and the others faced Luoqu’s final test: solve a chess endgame to learn which of nine passages was safe. After they failed to understand the board and considered testing passages one by one, Nie Yun realized they might not need to solve the chess game at all.

• Luoqu explained that the group had to make one move that revived the white pieces’ position within half an hour to learn the safe passage.
• Luo Qingcheng asked Nie Yun about his chess skills, but he admitted he could not understand the board; Luo Qingcheng and Nie Xiaotian also failed to solve it.
• Feng Xiao proposed entering passages one by one and using each person’s fate to test them, but Nie Yun rejected the plan.
• Nie Yun urged everyone to study the board for clues, and Nie Xiaotian gathered the group around it.
• Nie Yun realized he had been focusing on winning the chess game instead of identifying which passage led to life.

Nie Yun used Tracking Qi to inspect all nine passages and identify the seventh hole from the left as the safe route to the treasure. His companions then confronted him about his many abilities, and Nie Yun admitted he was a Tracker, prompting speculation that he had six Dantians and a low-grade royal bloodline.

• Nie Yun realized Tracking Qi could see through the mist and reveal the traps in the passages, making it unnecessary to solve the chess game.
• Nie Yun sent Tracking Qi through all nine holes and found that the seventh hole from the left was the only safe path and contained the treasure.
• Nie Xiaotian asked how Nie Yun could see through the mist, and Nie Yun revealed that he was a Tracker.
• Nie Xiaotian, Luo Zhanhao, and Feng Xiao recalled Nie Yun's other abilities, including Beast Taming, storage, healing, and alchemy.
• Luo Zhanhao concluded that Nie Yun might have six Dantians and a low-grade royal bloodline.

Nie Yun explained his six dantians and hidden bloodline by attributing them to his master, then led his companions into the treasure hall of Luoqu Tomb. They discovered Luoqu’s vast collection of weapons and prepared to explore the priceless treasures.

• Nie Yun claimed his master had awakened his hidden bloodline, and Feng Xiao confirmed that Nie Yun had awakened his own.
• Nie Yun warned the group to keep his abilities secret, and Luo Zhanhao, Feng Xiao, Yang Yan, and the others swore upon their Qi Seas not to reveal them.
• Nie Yun opened the concealed doorway in the stone pillar and led everyone through the safe, fog-filled passage.
• Luoqu’s recorded voice announced that the group had solved the chess game and that one treasure was more valuable than all the others combined.
• The group entered a hall containing Luoqu’s coffin, a weapon rack, and bookshelves, and Luo Zhanhao recognized more than ten Marquis Grade weapons and three King Grade weapons.

Nie Yun explored Luoqu’s treasures and discovered rare cultivation manuals, pills, a mysterious black stone, and more than ten Supreme Talisman Jade Tokens. He stored most of the talismans in his Storage Dantian while Feng Xiao kept one to examine, and the group prepared to take the treasures back to the city.

• Nie Yun inspected the cultivation manuals and pills, then secretly stored a black stone that stirred his Nameless Art.
• Nie Yun found more than ten Supreme Talisman Jade Tokens and recognized that their attacks could devastate demonfolk armies.
• Luo Zhanhao and Feng Xiao examined the talismans and identified the powerful attacks sealed inside them.
• Nie Yun collected the talismans for safekeeping, but let Feng Xiao keep one after checking that it posed no immediate danger.

Nie Yun and the others cleared Luoqu’s tomb, then survived a lethal test by kowtowing before the coffin. Luoqu revealed the Tianji Sword as his greatest treasure, and as the group prepared to leave, someone seized it and fled.

• Luo Zhanhao asked Nie Yun to store the treasures, and Nie Yun collected the valuable items in the hall.
• Luoqu ordered his descendants to kowtow, and Nie Yun, Luo Zhanhao, Luo Qingcheng, Nie Xiaotian, Yang Yan, and Feng Xiao knelt before the coffin.
• A barrage of wind blades passed over the kneeling group, and Luoqu revealed that the test had been meant to distinguish respectful descendants from intruders.
• The coffin opened, revealing the Tianji Sword, which Luoqu said was at least a High-grade Royal Weapon and connected to a great secret.
• Luoqu explained that he was not buried in the tomb and told the group not to return, then his recorded voice vanished.
• As Nie Yun prepared to leave with the others, a figure grabbed the Tianji Sword and rushed toward the exit.

Feng Xiao betrayed Nie Yun’s group, stole the Tianji Sword, and took Luo Qingcheng’s blood, allowing Ning King and Tong King to enter the sealed hall. With the group trapped between the demons’ threat and the danger of collapsing the cave, Nie Yun pretended to negotiate and asked how Feng Xiao had been controlled.

• Feng Xiao attacked Luo Qingcheng, took her blood, and fled with the Tianji Sword as the group realized he had betrayed them.
• Nie Yun concluded that Feng Xiao’s blood would let Ning King and Tong King break the seal, and decided the group had to leave the passage despite the danger.
• Ning King and Tong King confronted the group in the hall and threatened to use a Supreme talisman at the stone gate unless they surrendered the treasures.
• Nie Yun said he would hand over the treasures if the demons answered his questions, then asked when they had controlled Feng Xiao.
• Ning King revealed that the demons had used illusion arts to control Feng Xiao after he and Nie Yun left a cave outside the city.

Nie Yun used the refined Luoyun Spear to hold off Ning King and Tong King while Nie Xiaotian led the others into the fog. After wounding Feng Xiao and grabbing him, Nie Yun escaped into the fog as well, leaving the two kings behind.

• Nie Yun asked why Feng Xiao had seized the Tianji Sword, but Ning King and Tong King refused to explain and demanded the treasure.
• Nie Yun revealed that he had refined the Luoyun Spear and used it to sever Ning King's fingers.
• Ning King demonized and attacked Nie Yun, while Nie Yun ordered Nie Xiaotian to lead Qingcheng and the others toward the fog.
• Nie Yun drove Tong King back, allowing Nie Xiaotian's group to pass, and Nie Xiaotian knocked Feng Xiao aside when he blocked them.
• After the group vanished into the fog, Nie Yun seized Feng Xiao and escaped into it, leaving Ning King and Tong King behind.

Nie Yun escaped Luoqu Tomb with Feng Xiao and the others, then waited outside rather than using a talisman against the Ning King and the Tong King. As the Ning King attacked Nie Xiaotian’s group, a sudden blow sent him crashing into a rock.

• The Tong King urged the Ning King to chase Nie Yun, recognizing him as a dangerous spear wielder who had to be killed.
• Nie Yun told Nie Xiaotian that Feng Xiao had been manipulated by the demon people and explained that he had suspected Feng Xiao before the betrayal was revealed.
• Nie Yun and the others left Luoqu Tomb in daylight, and Luo Zhanhao urged him to use a talisman before the demon kings emerged.
• Nie Yun refused to waste a talisman and said he wanted to question the demon kings, then faced them as they leaped ashore.
• The Ning King bypassed Nie Yun and attacked Nie Xiaotian and the others, but an unseen blow hurled him into a rock.

Nie Yun defeated Tong King and Ning King after discovering Tong King’s Tianji Sword and talisman were fakes. Ning King revealed that Nie Yun had already been reported as possessing the real Tianji Sword, leaving him at risk from future enemies.

• Little Tiger broke Ning King's bones and left him helpless.
• Tong King attacked Nie Yun with the Tianji Sword, but Nie Yun broke it with the Luoyun Spear and severed Tong King's limbs.
• Tong King crushed Feng Xiao's Supreme Talisman Jade Token, but it released no attack because Nie Yun had secretly replaced it with an ordinary Communication Jade Token.
• Nie Yun killed Tong King after he tried to self-destruct, then took his demon core and questioned Ning King about the sword.
• Ning King said the Tianji Sword was fake and revealed that he had sent out word that Nie Yun possessed the real one before dying.

Nie Yun drove the demon spirit out of Feng Xiao and returned to Luoshui City after defeating Ning King and Tong King. He gave the Luo Family the treasures from Luoqu Tomb, while Ning King's escaped soul remained a possible threat.

• Ning King's soul escaped after he used the broken Tianji Sword to distract Nie Yun, and Nie Yun decided to track him down after growing stronger.
• Nie Yun retrieved the broken Tianji Sword and had Yang Yan recover its other half, but he found it appeared to be an ordinary sword and stored it in his dantian.
• Nie Yun used the Thirteen Ghost Gate Acupoints to expel the demon spirit controlling Feng Xiao, then burned the spirit away.
• Feng Xiao regained his senses, and Nie Yun forgave him and helped him to his feet.
• Nie Yun and the others returned to Luoshui City, where Nie Yun said the deaths of Ning King and Tong King would keep the demons from invading for a while.
• Nie Yun brought out the Luoqu Tomb treasures and handed them to the City Lord for the Luo Family to take charge of.

Nie Yun distributed the recovered treasures and demon cores to strengthen Luoshui City and his allies, then left home to pursue greater strength and begin a new journey. He entrusted Little Tiger with protecting his family as Luoshui City's first volume came to an end.

• Nie Yun shared the treasures among the Four Great Families and the City Lord's Mansion, entrusting the Supreme Talismans to Nie Xiaotian and Luo Zhanhao.
• Nie Yun gave Nie Xiaotian and Luo Zhanhao the demon cores of Ning King and Tong King, and distributed three peak Weapon Armor Realm demon cores to Luo Qingcheng, Yang Yan, and Feng Xiao.
• Nie Yun announced that he was leaving Luoshui City, and Luo Qingcheng invited him to visit her at the Hundred Flowers Sect in Shenfeng City.
• Nie Yun left Little Tiger behind to protect his family, then departed without visiting his mother.
• Yang Yan, Feng Xiao, and Luo Qingcheng vowed to grow stronger and catch up to Nie Yun.

Nie Yun traveled deep into the forest to strengthen his cultivation by fighting powerful demon beasts and compressing his true qi. After more than half a month, he had reached the peak of the middle stage of the Weapon Armor Realm and could unleash the Power of Three Elephants.

• Nie Yun decided to solidify his foundation before attempting the second Nirvana and tempered his strength instead of rushing to advance.
• Nie Yun fought a Bronze Arm Giant Ape in a contest of strength and beat it until it fled into the forest.
• Nie Yun continued onward, battling high-level demon beasts and absorbing energy from demon cores to refine his true qi.
• Over more than half a month, Nie Yun absorbed three demon cores and reached the peak of the middle stage of the Weapon Armor Realm.
• Nie Yun's cultivation advanced only slightly, but his unaided punches gained the Power of Three Elephants, making him comparable to a late-stage Qi Master Realm expert.

Nie Yun finished stabilizing his cultivation and set out to hunt down the Ning King, but encountered a mercenary group and recognized Tie Lan’er, whom he had failed to save in his previous life. He resolved to protect her this time, just as she accused him of being a lecherous scoundrel.

• Nie Yun completed the second layer of the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique and decided to pursue the Ning King.
• Nie Yun came across the Tie Yan Mercenary Group in the mountains and pretended to be a weak youth gathering medicinal herbs.
• Tie Lan’er called for the mercenaries to knock Nie Yun out, and Nie Yun recognized her from his previous life.
• Nie Yun remembered that Tie Lan’er had once saved him at the cost of her mercenary group and resolved to prevent her death in this life.
• Tie Lan’er called Nie Yun a lecherous scoundrel and said they should kill him.

Nie Yun joined Tie Lan'er’s mercenary group despite their dangerous mission, hoping to protect her after remembering her from his past life. The mercenaries welcomed him, but Tie Lan'er remained convinced he was a lecher, and Nie Yun concealed his identity by claiming his name was Yang Yun.

• Nie Yun asked to travel with Tie Lan'er’s group and insisted on joining after Tie Long warned him the mission had a nine-in-ten chance of death.
• Tie Lan'er called Nie Yun a burden, but Tie Long allowed him to follow as long as he looked after himself.
• Liao Feng and the mercenaries recognized Nie Yun’s name from stories about a powerful young genius, but Tie Lan'er mocked his appearance and dismissed the idea that he was that Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun changed his name to Yang Yun and introduced himself to the mercenaries, who quickly warmed to him except for Tie Lan'er.
• Nie Yun decided Tie Lan'er’s hostility came from a misunderstanding and hoped it would fade once they cleared it up.

Nie Yun traveled with the Tie Yan Mercenary Group and learned more about Tie Lan, whose fate in his previous life left him determined to protect her in this life. He vowed to keep her safe, but his grief-stricken stare made her mistake him for a lecher and she angrily attacked him.

• Nie Yun asked Liao Feng about his reputation, and Xiao Mo explained that people in Luoshui City had praised his strength and rumored Demon Pet.
• Tie Lan argued that she could surpass Nie Yun as a Beast Tamer, while Nie Yun remembered her talent and the sacrifice she had made for him in his previous life.
• Nie Yun recalled that the Mitian Sect had tortured and killed Tie Lan and her family after she refused to reveal his whereabouts, and he vowed to protect her in this life.
• Tie Lan caught Nie Yun staring at her, called him a pervert, and swung her sword at him before Tie Long intervened.
• Nie Yun hurried to the front of the group, where Liao Feng teased him for staring at Tie Lan for ten minutes without looking away.

Nie Yun learned that Tie Lan and her mercenary companions were hunting a powerful Black Cloud Leopard, then listened as the campfire conversation turned to rumors about his own strength. Tie Lan said she might become Nie Yun’s concubine if he proved stronger and more talented than her, leaving Nie Yun startled by her declaration.

• Liao Feng told Nie Yun that the mercenaries had been commissioned by the Jibei City Lord to kill an early Qi Grandmaster Black Cloud Leopard, and explained that Tie Lan had insisted on joining because she wanted a Demon Pet.
• Tie Long stopped the group for the night, and Xiao Mo questioned Nie Yun about his family and whether he was worthy of Tie Lan.
• Xiao Mo recounted rumors that Nie Yun had killed more than ten Gang-Forming Realm experts, commanded a powerful Tiger-head Beast, and was the Luoshui City Lord’s son-in-law.
• Liao Feng teased Tie Lan about marrying Nie Yun, and she said she would consider him if he truly had the rumored talent and Beast Tamer ability.
• Tie Lan said she would become Nie Yun’s concubine if he surpassed her in talent and could defeat her, leaving Nie Yun surprised.